Jimmy Carter: 'Argo' great but inaccurate

By CAITLIN MCDEVITT

02/22/2013 08:11 AM EST

Former President Jimmy Carter wants “Argo” to win an Oscar — despite one big inaccuracy he saw in the film.

“Well, let me say first of all, it's a great drama,” Carter told CNN’s Piers Morgan in an interview that aired Thursday. “And I hope it gets the Academy Award for best film because I think it deserves it. The other thing that I would say was that 90 percent of the contributions to the ideas and the consummation of the plan was Canadian. And the movie gives almost full credit to the American CIA. And with that exception, the movie is very good.”

In “Argo,” a team led by CIA agent Tony Mendez (played by Ben Affleck) save six diplomats during the Iran Hostage Crisis, which took place while Carter was in office.

“But Ben Affleck's character in the film was only … in Tehran a day and a half,” Carter said. “And the main hero, in my opinion, was Ken Taylor, who was the Canadian ambassador who orchestrated the entire process.”